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March 26, 2010

I LOVE my new craftroom! This is what it looked like at the beginning of March before I unpacked all my crafty goodness. The window was screaming, "Window seat! Window seat!" I found the perfect storage bench at IKEA which I purchased right away! Now all it needs is a lovely cushion for the top.

It was a bit difficult transitioning from a room with high ceilings where all my shelving was tall, to an attic room where all the walls are much shorter. I needed to purchase entirely new shelving. I chose these small DVD shelves in white to hold my fabric.

As you can see, I now have an entire wall of fabric which resembles a quilt shop! My plan is to turn these Ikea shelves into something that looks like high end built-in bookcases. I will buy some nice moulding to fill the gaps between the shelves and add a larger shelf along the entire top and add a lovely moulding along the edge to finish it.

My craftroom is bright even on a cloudy day! I was a bit worried that the bright sun would fade my fabric but at the same time I would rather have them right where I can see all of it at once so I can spot something and grab it right away... that is just the way I work. I will just have to sew up a storm before the fabric fades ;o)

The shape of the room made it difficult to put my desk in the center of the room. My desk is now against the wall which would be a bother if I worked on large quilts all the time but most of what I make are smaller quilted crafts. This actually solves the old problem I had with pieces of projects falling off and disappearing under my desk. The shorter walls also meant that I had to hang my magnet boards differently too. I quite like the longer look :o)

The first thing I set up was my computer although you would never guess from the lack of blogging! I used the same narrow shelf as before to allow room for the guest bed to open.

The closet space was so fabulous that I just had to remove the doors to open up the back half of the room even more! There is hardwood floor in the closet but unfortunately in does not continue under the old grey office carpet.

Don't you just love the fake clouds sponge-painted against bright blue inside the closet?! (Yes, I am being very sarcastic!) The closet was full of useless wire shelving which I promptly removed. There are currently three billy bookcases in there (one of which has more fabric?? ...Yup, all my larger pieces!) Now I need to fill the billion holes it left and it will be painted along with the rest of the room as soon as the weather warms up.

The colour I chose is called "Garden Party"! It is a lighter version of the first colour. I gave the actual sample to our landlords and it has been okayed :o)

And if one amazing window is not enough, you could decide to look out the perfect picture window! Of course you only get this view if you are standing far back inside the closet while hunching over ;o)

Do I miss my old craftroom? ...not ...one ...bit! Not even the window!

That is a wonderful room!I love the light and IKEA shelfs.I'm sure it will be a place for a lot of fantastic creations!I miss having a room for all my crafty stuff right now, but my hubby doesn't mind having it all in our bedroom. It's the largest room and wood be a lot of wasted space otherwise.My time will come I'm sure...Happy creation!Sue :0)

This room is just beautiful!! Love the window seat and the fabric shelves. Wow, it is like a fabric shop in there!! If you'd like to pop over to my blog, on the right side bar is a link to my new sewing room I moved into in November. I also took book shelves, added wooden boxes to the top and then added crown moulding. It really turned it into a nice wall unit with not much money. There are different pictures of it in 2 posts in that link, so you might have to scroll down a bit.Have a wonderful time in your new room!~Karen~

Well done! Welcome back and thanks for sharing your amazing space. It's so nice that you've got lots of floor space in case a certain little helper wants to play with fabric, too! I hope C is loving her new room as much as you're loving yours!

It's a faulous room, and I love all your storage, bookcases and your window seat. You've done a great job getting setup and organized - well done! Love the colour you've picked for the walls - it's going to be gorgeous! Hope you're completely over that nasty cold/flu you had.

It's so nice. My craft room is not even a room, but just a little dark corner in my tiny flat. I wish I had something like yours, I'm so envious!I'm sure you'll feel so creative in it. I'm looking forward to seeing it!

You have such a gorgeous new craftroom! I am loving it and loving that window that allows sunshin to come in. Thanks so much for sharing your lovely inspirational room with us! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you!

Fantastic space! I'm truly impressed by your collection of fabrics. I would not exaggerate if I will say that is almost as large as in our local quilting store :)I love the window and the view. I should never show it to my hubby (he was born in high mountains and now we live in the Netherlands...).

I also have a space on attic to make my craft room but I craft in the evenings only and I love to have my hubby nearby. Perhaps I should ask him to move upstairs when I'm in crafting mood :)

I love attic spaces and it has always been a dream of mine to turn an attic into living space. We are waiting on final bank approval to move into our new to us home and it has an attic, 5'8" which is perfect 5'2" me! But it doesn't have any windows so we'll have to see what can be done with it. I really need a place to hide my mess, er, I mean, be creative (: ~Page

Wow!! What a beautiful crafting space...and that VIEW! I forsee many lovely new creations coming from your new place ....(yeah, I'm gifted that way, lol!) I love your shelving ideas and love the blue for the walls, it's calming and invigorating at the same time. Have fun!Hugs, Karen